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Suspected MH370 Debris Found

Malaysia is “almost certain” that plane debris found on Reunion Island in the Indian Ocean is from a Boeing 777, the deputy transport minister said on Thursday, heightening the possibility it could be wreckage from missing Flight MH370.

Malaysia Airlines was operating a Boeing 777 on the ill-fated flight, which vanished without a trace in March last year while en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing in one of the biggest mysteries in aviation history. The plane was carrying 239 passengers and crew.

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File photo of shadow of a Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) P3 Orion maritime search aircraft on low-level clouds as it flies over the southern Indian Ocean looking for missing Malaysian Airlines flight MH370 POOL/REUTERS

File handout photo shows crew aboard the Australian Defence Vessel Ocean Shield moving the U.S. Navy's Bluefin-21 into position for deployment, in the southern Indian Ocean to look for the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 HANDOUT/REUTERS